καλέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
καλέω
καλῶ
ἐκάλεσα
κέκληκα
κέκλημαι
ἐκλήθην
Structure:
καλέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: kale/sw is aor1 subj.
Sense
- I call, summon, I invite
- I invoke
- (law) I summon, sue
- I demand, require
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- κἂν μὴ καλούντων τοὺσ μοχλοὺσ χαλῶσιν αἱ γυναῖκεσ, ἐμπιμπράναι χρὴ τὰσ θύρασ καὶ τῷ καπνῷ πιέζειν. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Parodos, tetrameters3)
- ὦ πάτερ, ἱκοῦ δῆτ’, εἰ κλύεισ ἔσω χθονὸσ τέκνων καλούντων, οἳ σέθεν θνῄσκουσ’ ὕπερ. (Euripides, episode, anapests 7:6)
- "εἰ μὴ τὴν Διογένουσ βακτηρίαν σὺν καὶ τὼ πόδε ἀριθμῶν οὗτοσ τρίποδα προσηγόρευσε, πάντων τραπέζασ καλούντων τὰσ παραθέσεισ ταύτασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 326)
- ὅτι πάντων ἁπλῶσ οὕτω καλούντων αὐτὰ Ἀλεξανδρεῖσ μόνοι μόρα ὀνομάζουσι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 361)
- τὸ δὲ μηδὲ τὸν στίχον ὃν ᾐτιᾶτο τελείωσ κατανοῆσαι ἄτοπον, δι’ οὗ βοὴν ἀγαθὸσ Μενέλαοσ λέγεται, τοῖσ γὰρ ἀνδρειοτάτοισ Ὅμηροσ εἰώθεν ἐπιφωνεῖν, καλούντων τῶν παλαιῶν τὸν πόλεμον βοήν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 5 4:1)
Synonyms
-
I call
-
I invoke
-
I summon
-
I demand
Derived
- ἀνακαλέω (to call up the dead, to call again and again, to invoke)
- ἀποκαλέω (to call back, recall, to call away or aside)
- ἐκκαλέω (to call out or forth, summon forth, to call out to oneself)
- ἐπικαλέω (to call upon a god, invoke, to invite)
- κατακαλέω (to call down, summon, invite)
- μετακαλέω (to call away to another place, to call back, recall)
- παρακαλέω (I appeal, I urge, I exhort)
- προκαλέω (to call forth, to call out to fight, challenge)
- προσκαλέω (to call to, call on, summon)
- προσπαρακαλέω (to call in besides, invite, to exhort besides)
- συγκαλέω (to call to council, convoke, convene)